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Open Book Alliance Releases

Open Book Alliance Releases Letter to Google and its Partners Calling for a Transparent, Open and Inclusive Process – October 6, 2009

Open Book Alliance Releases “Facts Vs. Fiction About the Google Book Settlement; Urges House Judiciary Committee to Explore Seven Crucial Topics - September 10, 2009

Open Book Alliance Members and Others Urge House Judiciary Committee to Carefully Scrutinize Google Book Settlement – September 9, 2009

Open Book Alliance Files Brief Countering Proposed Google Book Settlement – September 8, 2009

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Joins Open Book Alliance – September 2, 2009

Diverse Coalition Unites To Counter Google Book Settlement – August 26, 2009

In the News

• Parties Seek Google Books Hearing Delay; New Deal Brewing – CNET News, September 22, 2009
• Google Plans to Edit Digital Books Settlement – Law.com, September 22, 2009
• Editorial: The Google Wars – Library Journal, September 21, 2009
• Justice Department Devastates Google Books Settlement – ZDNet, September 21, 2009
• Pamela Samuelson: DoJ Says No To Google Book Settlement – Huffington Post, September 20, 2009
• Court Urged to Reject Google Deal – Washington Post, September 19, 2009
• DOJ Balks At Google Book Deal – Associated Press, September 18, 2009
• Court Acknowledges More than 400 Submissions in Google Settlement – Publishers Weekly, September 16, 2009
• Copyright Office Assails Google’s Settlement on Digital Books – New York Times, September 10, 2009
• Arguments on Google Books Deal Flood Court – Washington Post, September 8, 2009
• Open Book Alliance: Google Books Is Nothing But Price-Fixing and Collusion – ZD Net, September 8, 2009
• Book Group Cites Rockefeller’s “Knavery” In Countering Google Deal – San Francisco Business Times, September 8, 2009
• Google Books Opposition Pours In At Deadline – CNET, September 8, 2009
• Legal Arguments Pan, Praise Google’s Book Deal – Associated Press, September 8, 2009
• 11th Hour Filings Oppose Google Book Settlement – New York Times, September 8, 2009
• Antitrust Lawyer Slams Google Book Pact – Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2009
• National Writers Union Joins Open Book Alliance (pdf) – National Writers Union Media Release
• Scrap Google Book Settlement and Start Fresh – San Jose MercuryNews, September 2, 2009
• Commentary:  Google’s One Million Books – Forbes, August 28, 2009
• Anti Google Book Settlement Organizations Band Together in Open Book Alliance – Information Today, August 27, 2009
  
• Tech’s Heavyweights Put Google’s Books Deal in Crosshairs – Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2009
• Google Rivals Will Oppose Book Settlement – New York Times, August 20, 2009
• Lawyer and Author Adds His Objections to Settling the Google Book Lawsuit – New York Times, August 19, 2009
• Google book project far from settled – San Francisco Chronicle, August 19, 2009
• National Writers Union Opposes Google Book Settlement – Wired, August 13, 2009
• The Audacity of the Google Search Settlement – Huffington Post, August 10, 2009
• William Morris Advises Clients to Say No to Google Settlement – New York Times Media Decoder blog, August 7, 2009
• ACLU, EFF Urge Google Books to bo Better Job Keeping Users’ Reading Private – DailyTech.com, July 27, 2009
• Google Book Project Needs Privacy Plan – National Journal Daily Tech Dose, July 27, 2009
• Those Files Go the Way That Files Do – PeterBrantley.com, June 1, 2009
• A Book Grab by Google – Washington Post, May 19, 2009
• The Fight over the Google Of All Libraries: A Wired.com FAQ – Wired, April 30, 2009
• Authors and Consumers Uniting Against Google Book Deal – Consumerwatchdog.org, April 29, 2009
• Legally Speaking: The Dead Souls of the Google Booksearch Settlement – O’Reilly Radar, April 17, 2009
• Google and the Future of Books – New York Review of Books, February 12, 2009
• Interview with Professor James Grimmelmann – The Fiction Circus